Charles I: Downfall of a King – BBC 4 Standard Apparently, the Civil War was caused by court masques, currants, Henrietta Maria’s make-up, people believing that the Lieutenant of the Tower of London was a cannibal, and the inability of Londoners to … You couldn’t make it up! The creation of station-owner George Trendle and writer Fran Striker, the “masked rider of the plains” became one of the most ...read more, In coordinated attacks all across South Vietnam, communist forces launch their largest offensive of the Vietnam War against South Vietnamese and U.S. troops. That’s actually a much better way of dealing with things than just keeping MPs away from London. I’m definitely glad I found it and I’ll be book-marking and checking back often! Most people must have assumed that there’d be one battle, or maybe even just a confrontation, and it’d all have got sorted. Interesting point about the effect on voting in the Commons of MPs refusing to come to London because of plague. As Charles storms through the front door, Pym and his associates slip out by the back. It started off very strangely indeed, making it sound as if the whole country had turned Puritan (er, no) and everyone was narked with Charles I because he put on extravagant masques at court (had they got mixed up with the French Revolution?!).
Whilst I’m really not a fan of the revisionist short term causes theory, this did make everything sound rather dramatic. This only encourages the rebels, who now see the King as weak and indecisive. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I also wish someone would write a book discussing how Henrietta Maria, Marie Antoinette and Alexandra Feodorovna all got the blame for their husbands’ stupidity, and was glad to see Henrietta Maria getting some sympathy here. I love the fact that the State Opening of Parliament still includes the door being slammed in Black Rod’s face, al because of this!
The King soon realises that his quarry has escaped and is forced to retreat. Lisa finished off by asking the various historians she’d interviewed which side they’d have taken – and this bit was great, because she put it as it must have looked at the time. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. They launch a surprise vote in the dead of night and win. On 10th January, he escapes with his family to Hampton Court Palace. - English narration. A very enjoyable post, thanks for taking so much time to write it. It’s something that doesn’t change from century to century. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The focus of this three-part series was all on fifty days in late 1641 and early 1642, though, and there really needed to be more background information. So we try to justify it by thinking about ancient rights and liberties. There still isn’t: it’s played a large part in the development of some very unpleasant attitudes amongst factions in both the United States and South Africa. No-one actually used “alt-right” to describe the most extreme Puritans, but they certainly hinted at it … and that was good, because I can’t stand the way the likes of Pym and Cromwell get idolised. (Don’t ask me how getting drunk over Christmas was supposed to tie in with the idea that the country had gone really Puritanical.)
English Across three nights historian, Lisa Hilton uncovers a gripping political thriller as fearless politician John Pym squares up to Charles I -a 50-day duel culminating in the King's downfall. Seriously. Pym turned him down. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-charles-i-executed-for-treason. I don’t think so. And Charles fears Pym will use the army to arrest his Catholic queen. The atmosphere is tense, the politicians are silent; they fear a blood bath. Refresh. The King having returned, discussion turns to the rebellion in Ireland. I’ll go with that. What?? I think we can discount the argument that the Civil War had anything to do with Henrietta Maria’s make-up. The Continental Congress drafted the Article of Confederation in a disjointed process ...read more, On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. The Grand Remonstrance - a vote of no confidence in the King's rule - will now be presented to the King.
The programme, I mean, not Lilburne! He is confident that, with a full House of Commons, he will have a majority with which to stamp out John Pym's faction. On January 30, 1956, an unidentified white supremacist terrorist bombed the Montgomery home of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. No one was harmed, but the explosion outraged the community and was a major test of King’s steadfast commitment to non-violence. Ugh, that’s very weird! Later on, it was because of bad weather making travel difficult.
We were into the third episode by this point, and this was by far the best of the three. King Charles I is in Edinburgh. 25th November: Charles arrives back in London.
The famous episode in which Charles barged into the House of Commons, only to find that the five MPs he was planning to arrest had done a bunk – tipped off by Lucy Hay, who was shown creeping around in a hooded cloak, looking rather like Madame in the Dogtanian cartoons. I’ve just been watching CHARLES 1: Downfall of a King.It’s a three part BBC documentary (Two Worlds Collide, A Nation Divided and The Final Showdown).It details in graphic detail the otherwise quite confusing political lead up to the English Civil War. The King's proclamation has been sent around the country. And I rather like the tradition that she yelled at Charles and told him to stop being such a bloody wuss and go and do something about it. The programme didn’t suggest that, but it’s been rumoured. Across three one-hour episodes, she dissects the dark, Machiavellian world of England's revolution.
I was impressed that it made it clear that Pym & co were religious extremists, rather than just eulogising them as defenders of rights and liberties, though. It was horrific.
History Documentary hosted by Lisa Hilton, Charles I and the English Civil War (The Stuarts: Part Two) - Duration: 23:50. Three hours of seat-gripping political drama taking us through what presenter Lisa Hilton described as “some of the most crucial days in the history of the Western world”. In summary – and there’s no arguing with this, even if I’d dispute the importance of the masques and the currants – we ended up with a complete mess made by a bunch of idiots and extremists … which is now widely recognised as being a crucial turning point in the spread of democracy across the western world. But I think people were rather more concerned about the economic, political and religious issues than about masques at court!
Following … Sign in to see videos available to you. He issues a proclamation on 12 December ordering all MPs to London by 12th January 1642.
As Lisa said, it would have been a choice between a useless, unpopular king who wouldn’t play by the rules, or a bunch of radical extremists. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.